Full Name | Jonathan Demme |
Net Worth | $40 Million |
Date Of Birth | February 22, 1944 |
Place Of Birth | Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, U.S. |
Height | 5' 10" (1.78 m) |
Profession | Director, Producer, Writer |
Education | University of Florida |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Evelyn Purcell |
Children | Brooklyn Demme, Ramona Demme, Josephine Demme |
Parents | Dorothy Louise Rogers, Robert Eugene Demme |
Siblings | Peter Demme, Rick Demme |
IMDB | http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001129 |
Awards | Academy Award for Best Director, Persol Tribute to Visionary Talent Award, Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Feature Film, National Board of Review Award for Best Director, National Board of Review Award for Best Film, Gotham Independent Film Tribute Award, Gotham Indepe... |
Nominations | Golden Lion, Grand Jury Prize, Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture, Silver Lion for Best Director, Independent Spirit Award for Best Feature, Independent Spirit Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, BAFTA Award for Best Film, Cé... |
Movies | The Silence of the Lambs, Ricki and the Flash, Philadelphia, Stop Making Sense, Rachel Getting Married, Something Wild, The Manchurian Candidate, Married to the Mob, Beloved, Melvin and Howard, Caged Heat, The Truth About Charlie, Neil Young: Heart of Gold, Handle with Care, Neil Young Journeys, Man... |
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1 | [on Lu bian ye can (2015)] What if a brazen first-time filmmaker decided - beyond audaciously - that they didn't want to cut from one location to another (all quite distant from each other) for about oh, half their new movie, and instead chose to dare to go with one super-duper-transcendental half-hour plus single take? Answer: you wind up with Gan Bi's absolutely extraordinary "Kaili Blues". Fair warning here: you need to be a seriously open and accessible film buff / cineaste / movie lover to be right for this picture. The cinema muse-deities have inspired and blessed "Kaili Blues" with a magic and mystery that is utterly unique. This film is capable of generating giant cinema joyfulness in those who are ready to bring an open heart, mind and eye to this viewing experience. Director Bi Gan won 'Best Emerging Director' and 'Best First Feature' at the 2015 Locarno Film Festival. I had the thrill of seeing this film first at last year's Venice Film Festival, and two months later at the Lisbon and Estoril Film Festivals. The screenings I attended gave rise to audience-ecstasy in both situations. I loved it even more the second time. [2016] |
2 | [on Michelle Pfeiffer] I would love to team up with Michelle again. She's underutilized. |
3 | I was really hooked on movies at a very young age. The Manchurian Candidate (1962), along with Seven Days in May (1964), Fail-Safe (1964) and Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) were this quartet of anarchistic black-and-white American movies, each of which did things that you just didn't do in American movies, especially in the realm of irreverence toward politics and government institutions and the Army. I was what, 16, it was shocking, it was thrilling and, interestingly, it predated my exposure to the French New Wave so, in a way, this was the American, a certain kind of new wave in American movies. |
4 | I don't think it's sacrilegious to remake any movie, including a good or even great movie. I think what's sacrilegious is to make a bad movie, whether it's a remake or an original. It's what I always tell my actor friends, anybody who's in this, this [business], you've gotta try to hold out and only do the scripts, do the material that offers you the opportunity to do your best work. Because if you do stuff that doesn't give you that opportunity? Your work's not gonna be good. And you're gonna suffer in the long run from that. So I don't care if it's a remake if it's a great script with parts in it that can attract fantastic actors, God, you know, to make the movie. |
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1 | Writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson is one of his biggest fans and as a result, pays homage to Demme (his famous close-ups, for example) in his work. |
2 | Cousin of Robert W. Castle. |
3 | Uncle-in-law of Amanda Scheer-Demme. |
4 | Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000. |
5 | He and Michael Mann have both directed a Hannibal Lecter film and have also both been involved in a film about Howard Hughes. Mann directed Manhunter (1986) and produced The Aviator (2004), which he was originally to have directed. One of Demme's earliest films was Melvin and Howard (1980), and he later went on to direct The Silence of the Lambs (1991). |
6 | Directed 8 different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards, Christine Lahti, Dean Stockwell, Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Tom Hanks, and Anne Hathaway. Steenburgen, Hopkins, Foster and Hanks won Oscars for their performances in one of Demme's movies. |
7 | He frequently casts the same actors in most of his films, including Paul Lazar, Ted Levine, Harry Northup, Charles Napier, Dean Stockwell, Robert W. Castle, Denzel Washington, Jude Ciccolella, and Tracey Walter. He also tends to use non-actor friends or musicians he likes, as long as they are "interesting". |
8 | Father of Josephine Demme. |
9 | Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985". Pages 255-258. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988. |
10 | Was voted the 45th Greatest Director of all time by Entertainment Weekly. |
11 | Frequently uses Pablo Ferro for his Title Sequences and montages. |
12 | Directed Bruce Springsteen's "Murder Incorporated" music video (1995). |
13 | Has 3 children, with wife Joanne Howard. |
14 | Uncle of Ted Demme. |
15 | He co-directed, with Ted Demme, Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Philadelphia" music video. |
16 | Awarded honorary degree by Wesleyan University (June 3, 1990). |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Shots Fired | 2017 | TV Series 1 episode post-production | |
Justin Timberlake + the Tennessee Kids | 2016 | Documentary | |
Ricki and the Flash | 2015 | | |
Another Telepathic Thing | 2015 | | |
The New Yorker Presents | 2015 | TV Series documentary attached | |
What's Motivating Hayes | 2015 | Documentary short | |
The Killing | 2013-2014 | TV Series 2 episodes | |
Line of Sight | 2014 | TV Movie | |
A Master Builder | 2013 | | |
P.O.V. | 2012 | TV Series documentary 1 episode | |
Enzo Avitabile Music Life | 2012 | Documentary | |
Kenny Chesney: Unstaged | 2012 | Documentary | |
Enlightened | 2011 | TV Series 2 episodes | |
A Gifted Man | 2011 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Neil Young Journeys | 2011 | Documentary | |
I'm Carolyn Parker | 2011 | Documentary | |
Tavis Smiley Reports | 2010 | TV Movie segment "Been In The Storm Too Long" | |
Neil Young Trunk Show | 2009 | Documentary | |
Rachel Getting Married | 2008 | | |
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains | 2007 | Documentary | |
Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward | 2007 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
Neil Young: Heart of Gold | 2006 | Documentary | |
The Manchurian Candidate | 2004 | | |
The Agronomist | 2003 | Documentary | |
The Truth About Charlie | 2002 | | |
Bruce Springsteen: The Complete Video Anthology 1978-2000 | 2001 | Video documentary videos "Streets of Philadelphia", "Murder Incorporated", "If I Should Fall Behind" | |
The Pretenders: Greatest Hits | 2000 | Video documentary video "I Got You Babe" | |
The Oprah Winfrey Show | 1998 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Beloved | 1998 | | |
Storefront Hitchcock | 1998 | Documentary | |
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground | 1997 | TV Movie segment "Subway Car from Hell" | |
Murder Incorporated | 1995 | Video | |
The Complex Sessions | 1994 | Short | |
Philadelphia | 1993 | | |
Cousin Bobby | 1992 | Documentary | |
The Silence of the Lambs | 1991 | | |
Red Hot and Blue | 1990 | TV Movie segment "In The Still Of The Night" | |
New Order: Substance | 1989 | Video short video "The perfect kiss" | |
Famous All Over Town | 1988 | | |
Married to the Mob | 1988 | | |
Haiti Dreams of Democracy | 1988 | TV Movie documentary | |
Trying Times | 1987 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Swimming to Cambodia | 1987 | | |
Something Wild | 1986 | | |
Saturday Night Live | 1980-1986 | TV Series 3 episodes | |
Survival Guide | 1985 | TV Movie | |
Artists United Against Apartheid: Sun City | 1985 | Video short | |
UB40 and Chrissie Hynde: I Got You Babe | 1985 | Video short | |
Stop Making Sense | 1984 | Documentary | |
Swing Shift | 1984 | | |
Alive from Off Center | 1984 | TV Series | |
American Playhouse | 1982 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Melvin and Howard | 1980 | | |
Last Embrace | 1979 | | |
Columbo | 1978 | TV Series 1 episode | |
Handle with Care | 1977 | | |
Fighting Mad | 1976 | | |
Crazy Mama | 1975 | | |
Caged Heat | 1974 | | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Neil Young Journeys | 2011 | Documentary producer | |
I'm Carolyn Parker | 2011 | Documentary producer | |
Neil Young Trunk Show | 2009 | Documentary producer | |
Crude Independence | 2009 | Documentary executive producer | |
Rachel Getting Married | 2008 | producer | |
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains | 2007 | Documentary producer | |
Right to Return: New Home Movies from the Lower 9th Ward | 2007 | TV Mini-Series documentary producer | |
Neil Young: Heart of Gold | 2006 | Documentary producer | |
The Manchurian Candidate | 2004 | producer | |
Beah: A Black Woman Speaks | 2003 | Documentary producer | |
The Agronomist | 2003 | Documentary producer | |
Adaptation. | 2002 | producer | |
The Truth About Charlie | 2002 | producer | |
Maangamizi: The Ancient One | 2001 | executive producer | |
The Opportunists | 2000 | executive producer | |
Beloved | 1998 | producer | |
Shadrach | 1998 | executive producer | |
The Uttmost | 1998 | Documentary producer | |
SUBWAYStories: Tales from the Underground | 1997 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Courage and Pain | 1996 | Documentary producer | |
Into the Rope | 1996 | producer | |
Mandela | 1996 | Documentary producer | |
That Thing You Do! | 1996 | producer | |
Devil in a Blue Dress | 1995 | executive producer | |
Roy Cohn/Jack Smith | 1994 | executive producer | |
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room | 1994 | Documentary producer | |
Philadelphia | 1993 | producer | |
Household Saints | 1993 | executive producer | |
Amos & Andrew | 1993 | executive producer - uncredited | |
Women & Men 2: In Love There Are No Rules | 1991 | TV Movie producer | |
Miami Blues | 1990 | producer | |
Haiti Dreams of Democracy | 1988 | TV Movie documentary producer | |
Something Wild | 1986 | producer | |
The Hot Box | 1972 | producer | |
Angels Hard as They Come | 1971 | producer | |
Deep Time | 2015 | Documentary executive producer | |
The Center | 2015 | executive producer | |
Song One | 2014 | producer | |
Line of Sight | 2014 | TV Movie executive producer | |
Everett Ruess Wilderness Song | 2013 | Documentary producer | |
P.O.V. | 2012 | TV Series documentary producer - 1 episode | |
Enzo Avitabile Music Life | 2012 | Documentary producer | |
Gimme the Loot | 2012 | presents | |
A Gifted Man | 2011-2012 | TV Series executive producer - 6 episodes | |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Untitled Carl Jung Documentary | 2016 | Documentary filming | Himself |
72nd Venice Film Festival Awards Ceremony | 2015 | TV Movie | Himself - Jury Member |
The Ibsen Project | 2015 | Documentary short | Himself |
I Thought I Told You to Shut Up!! | 2015 | Documentary short | Narrator (voice) |
Rivertown Film Society-Meet Director Jonathan Demme | 2015 | Video short | Himself |
PogieJoe | 2012 | TV Series | Himself |
Tavis Smiley | 2007-2012 | TV Series | Himself |
CBS This Morning | 2012 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Pablo | 2012 | | Himself |
Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel | 2011 | Documentary | Himself |
Sodankylä ikuisesti | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Inside Story: The Silence of the Lambs | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Making of... | 2009 | TV Series documentary | |
Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGB | 2009 | Documentary | Himself |
Cinetipp | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
At the Movies | 2009 | TV Series | Himself |
A Benefit Performance for Barack Obama featuring Toni Morrison | 2009 | Video | Himself |
Cinema 3 | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
Días de cine | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
Ceremonia de clausura - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
Premio Donostia a Meryl Streep | 2008 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
Resumen - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
Ceremonia de inauguración - 56º Festival internacional de cine de San Sebastián | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
9th Annual State of the Black Union: Memorable Moments | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
9th Annual State of the Black Union: Building Blocks for America | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
9th Annual State of the Black Union: Breaking New Ground | 2008 | TV Movie | Himself |
Zoom In: Stories Behind the Best Independent Films of 2007 | 2007 | Video | Himself |
Jimmy Carter Man from Plains | 2007 | Documentary | Himself |
San Sebastián 2006: Crónica de Carlos Boyero | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Cruising with Neil | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Cruising with the Band | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Fellow Travelers | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Finishing Touches | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Heart of Gold: 'Rehearsal Diaries' | 2006 | Video documentary short | Narrator |
These Old Guitars | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Legends Ball | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster: Breaking the Silence | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster: Making 'The Silence of the Lambs' | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Jonathan Demme & Jodie Foster: The Beginning | 2005 | Video documentary short | Himself |
The 15th Annual Gotham Awards | 2005 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter |
The Cast of 'The Manchurian Candidate' | 2004 | Video short | Himself |
The Enemy Within: Inside 'The Manchurian Candidate' | 2004 | Video short | Himself |
The Manchurian Candidate: Political Pundits | 2004 | Video short | Himself |
Jonathan Demme and the Making of 'The Manchurian Candidate' | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Film '72 | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
Charlie Rose | 1998-2004 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
Today | 2004 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
People Like Us: Making 'Philadelphia' | 2003 | Video documentary | Himself |
The Truth About 'The Truth About Charlie' | 2003 | Video documentary short | Himself |
Blood Brothers: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | 2000 | Video documentary | Himself |
Hollywood Salutes Jodie Foster: An American Cinematheque Tribute | 1999 | TV Movie | Himself |
Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
The Directors | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
The Uttmost | 1998 | Documentary | Himself |
Power Vision - Pop Galerie | 1997 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
Movie Legends in Conversation | 1995 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave: Secrets from the Dolly Madison Room | 1994 | Documentary | Narrator |
The 5th Annual GLAAD Media Awards | 1994 | TV Special | Himself |
Cousin Bobby | 1992 | Documentary | Himself |
The 64th Annual Academy Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Himself - Winner: Best Director |
The 49th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1992 | TV Special | Himself - Nominee: Best Director |
The Making of 'The Silence of the Lambs' | 1991 | Video short | Himself |
The Media Show | 1988 | TV Series | Himself |
Keskiyön auringon kuvat | 1987 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid | 1986 | Video documentary | Himself |
Roger Corman: Hollywood's Wild Angel | 1978 | Documentary | Himself |
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2015 | Tribute Award | Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival | | |
2015 | Persol Tribute Visionary Talent Award | Venice Film Festival | | |
2013 | Filmmaker Award | Cinema Audio Society, USA | | |
2009 | TFCA Award | Toronto Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
2007 | FIPRESCI Prize | Venice Film Festival | Parallel Sections | Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007) |
2007 | Biografilm Award | Venice Film Festival | | Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007) |
2007 | EIUC Award | Venice Film Festival | | Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007) |
2006 | Billy Wilder Award | National Board of Review, USA | | |
2004 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Best Documentary | The Agronomist (2003) |
2004 | Honorable Mention | Santa Barbara International Film Festival | | The Agronomist (2003) |
2003 | Gold Plaque | Chicago International Film Festival | Best Documentary | The Agronomist (2003) |
1997 | Pare Lorentz Award | International Documentary Association | | Mandela (1996) |
1992 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Director | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1992 | Blue Ribbon Award | Blue Ribbon Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1992 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1992 | DGA Award | Directors Guild of America, USA | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1991 | Silver Scream Award | Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival | | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1991 | Silver Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | Best Director | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1991 | BSFC Award | Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Director | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1991 | Filmmaker Award | Gotham Awards | | |
1991 | Hochi Film Award | Hochi Film Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1991 | KCFCC Award | Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1991 | NBR Award | National Board of Review, USA | Best Director | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1991 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1985 | Grand Prix | Ghent International Film Festival | | Stop Making Sense (1984) |
1980 | NYFCC Award | New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Director | Melvin and Howard (1980) |
Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
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2013 | CinemaXXI Award | Rome Film Fest | | A Master Builder (2013) |
2009 | Movies for Grownups Award | AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | Best Director | Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
2009 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Feature | Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
2009 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Director | Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
2008 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | | Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
2007 | Gotham Independent Film Award | Gotham Awards | Best Documentary | Jimmy Carter Man from Plains (2007) |
2005 | Black Reel | Black Reel Awards | Outstanding Television or Mini-Series Film | Beah: A Black Woman Speaks (2003) |
2003 | Grand Jury Prize | Miami Film Festival | Documentary Features - World Cinema Competition | The Agronomist (2003) |
2003 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Picture | Adaptation. (2002) |
2003 | PGA Award | PGA Awards | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Adaptation. (2002) |
1998 | OFTA Film Award | Online Film & Television Association | Best Documentary Picture | Mandela (1996) |
1994 | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | | Philadelphia (1993) |
1994 | CFCA Award | Chicago Film Critics Association Awards | Best Director | Philadelphia (1993) |
1992 | Golden Globe | Golden Globes, USA | Best Director - Motion Picture | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1992 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Direction | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1992 | BAFTA Film Award | BAFTA Awards | Best Film | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1992 | Saturn Award | Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA | Best Director | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1992 | César | César Awards, France | Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger) | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1992 | Silver Ribbon | Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists | Best Foreign Director (Regista del Miglior Film Straniero) | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1992 | ALFS Award | London Critics Circle Film Awards | Director of the Year | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1991 | Golden Berlin Bear | Berlin International Film Festival | | The Silence of the Lambs (1991) |
1988 | Independent Spirit Award | Independent Spirit Awards | Best Director | Swimming to Cambodia (1987) |
1987 | Critics Award | Deauville Film Festival | | Swimming to Cambodia (1987) |
1987 | Grammy | Grammy Awards | Best Music Video, Long Form | Sun City: Artists United Against Apartheid (1986) |
1980 | Golden Lion | Venice Film Festival | | Melvin and Howard (1980) |